[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #3735] [bug] Openssl transitive dependency to libexplain (minor)

[Randall S. Becker via RT]

> On March 7, 2015 1:02 PM Richard Moore via RT [mailto:rt at openssl.org] wrote:
>> On 7 March 2015 at 17:14, Randall S. Becker via RT <rt at openssl.org> wrote:
>> 
> > Please forgive the potential red-herring nature of this minor report,
> > however..
> >
> > Openssl distribution depends on tardy, which in turn, depends on
> > libexplain.
> > According to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=765335,
> > the libexplain maintainer has retired and the package is orphaned.
> > This is potentially represents an issue as libexplain is highly embedded in
> tardy.
> >
> 
> This sounds purely a packaging issue with debian and nothing to do with
> openssl itself.

Tardy is referenced in the openssl Makefile tar rule, which is there the dependency manifests.

        $(TAR) $(TARFLAGS) --files-from ../$(TARFILE).list -cvf - | \
        tardy --user_number=0  --user_name=openssl \
              --group_number=0 --group_name=openssl \
              --prefix=openssl-$(VERSION) - |\
        gzip --best >../$(TARFILE).gz; \